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Show ' , "-'".;'. " T. .,'' -.V-".... President Coolidge's Aunt Mary of Mayonnaise Fame Takes Her Place in History as Friendly Rival to Famous Apple-Pie Aunt Delia of the Taft Regime President Coolidge's Aunt Mary of ' Mayonnaise Fame Takes Her Place h Ka ' ur: i: " ' v . . : ,;V:: ' in History as Friendly Rival to ' : :-v" -' ": Famous Apple-Pie Aunt Delia of k ' t;!: the Taft Regime C.V. - ' f ' Xf ' " A ll HlllTV 7X Bk in hU ntiv. New : sZL ' ' Wr-j' WtJ L -ijt J h 1 , y"'t ' I 'll l V 11 England hill. Clvin Cool- ' y - Und IikI fi.h .nd oyiUr., and mny , - ' " C'lis W J I V l lk V V idLWtofuMei-f '' VV w th. tim. Sincl.ir went to th. aJU- t f f if Hill it- '"t ' . W ' mon market to wt him tht bet PtmI. i r . l A f t If I g V .! , trononic ancwtor ta Benjunin HarrUoB. fVy r ' i 1 7 ' come XI." who lovea - for that Praaideiit'i term in Waihlnr- v L-"?) )L i ' fu f i to viait with the aunta who ' ton ahowed plainly that what he likad ir43-yCf fVV ' ( A filled hi. molherlea. boy- - moat of all to eat wa. aalada. Pred- 'Fji : . Hood wirtherin." . " V? . Aj-J VAJ JFkhlLm- - t r" J&ZJZZ VV-t , 1-'7Atf IS come Informally to the Whit. Houae, Sin- - J 7 f IpVJI!BiiQ-"l k I ' eUir aaid, they would all try different i ffi)- TViT 1 " v I ' v ndpea for their farorita dlahea, and . - VfTO435l. ' "' ' ' ' If, many time th table in the atate dln- ttKlM2'52J ! ' I ; , p.' r- l Ins room would look like a etand in tha ' . J S'VV" , ' I V CI if Center Market, it woald be ao eorerad "k Back in hia native New England hill. Calvin Cool-ff Cool-ff idge ceaaea, ao far aa ex- a J , teriora are xoncerned. being Preaident and be- cornea X1." who lovea to viait with the aunta who filled hia motherleaa boy-3 boy-3 hood with "mothering" . land liked fish and oyitera, and many waa the time Sinclair went to the Baltimore Balti-more market to get him the best. Preaident Preai-dent Coolidge haa a White Houe gaa-trononic gaa-trononic ancestor in Benjamin Harriaon, for that PresMent'a term in Waahing-ton Waahing-ton ahowed plainly that what he liked moat of all to eat was salads. Preaident Preai-dent Harriron had no Aunt Mary, ao he ' often made his salads himself. In fact, on a night when a lot of men would come Informally to the White House, Sin- - elair aaid, they would all try different red pes for their fsrorite dUhea, and many 'a time the table in the state din- '. ing room would look like a stand in the Center Market, it woald be ao covered with the things they would call for. President McKlnley took more interest In the detaila of a atate dinner than any of the other Preiidenta, according to Sinclair, and the night they dined Admiral Ad-miral Dewey he waa aa excited aa child. Before the dinner he talked for two hours about what they would have and then changed it all around again, Theodore Roosevelt waa a pie eater, only hia favoritea ware pumpkin and lemon meringue. Like about 63,623,634 men in the United States, his favorite meal waa a thick sirloin steak, a sixxllng hot slitter and a bis baked notato. An- ( It ia said President Coolidge ia 1 - - ' willing to pit hia Aunt Mary, " 7 . who ia Mrs. John Hazel, of . ' Boston, and the only mother the new President haa, against all the fancy cooks outside of "kingdom come" i when it ( cornea to a matter of turning out bowl of smooth, creamy, . yellow mayonnaise, which ia " the favorite dish of her nephew - -cr. aT- . Favorite Dishes of the Presidents CUvtlardFUh ani ejef cr hit fanuit iltk. Benjamin Harrison SolaJt of c'l McKmlef Chahirt cAeoc RooteveU Pumpkin or Umon pie. favorite meal, thick juics $Uak ilh .- laktd potato. Tafl Apple pie. "Aunt DeUa" $tyle. Hording Baked beef tongue. Very font of Watermelon. CooUJgoAiafonnauo ireuing, "Aunt Mary" slyfe. " 7 III!' fmXf .zrz-zzz'- f : . - f' being President and be- if I cornea "Cal," who lovea s , U f ' i to visit with the aunta who , ' - f ( A , ! filled hia motherleaa boy- - ' f J JfrMjur "' hood with "mothering" , ,' '""oS' j 1 of the Presidents s. C ; cnorite duK ' I Favorite meal, thick Juki $ttak ith ,- v J nd of watermelon. ' ' ' ' ' y sv " j 1! A Uttl i"unt of '5( milea for piece) of hU Aunt j ZJ0"?' Pp1 Pi' o too much for I , ' j S Z T"ft '! U,nderUk- Sh th.. then I H -i f P"den rt. the best apple-pie baker in the 1 Jf f . world . 1 I " jj H V ' . . . ?' Coolidge. It sounds simple enough and JH ' bt the knack'a In the beating. , '-.. ' " ' If , " "V History may record the lives of the . , "'i'V' II I - Pr,,ianl" hT Urlff issues, bonus bills . W I y tlM w,r they !aned in the mat- V' . . '. y' Jf J of foreign debts, but the chefs Vl'i'wf. V XV 3 " eooka in the WWU House tell the V ; ',' W . heeds of our Nation apart by the boylike i - enthuslesm. and idiosyncrasies of their Ly' J t '. appetltea. Every Preeldent, of course, 7" J it yi ( i 1 haa not had an Aunt Delia to go straight . ' - V i II I to the spot with a big tempting apple freeident Coobdge a ( V 2 - K , pia, haa there frequently been aa mother aa a bride If t ' Vc" Aun Iry ia the efflng to beat preai-V. preai-V. iV' . '' . J . ' . dential mayonnaise lovingly until her I - j rti T armi ached if such sacrince be required. i .0 ,w eW "" M Always, however, there haa been eoroe j );'- .V srN ff-if "'"- . Jlf'V doting jiani in the kitchen of the White V tJ '''.T " V - ' House.- . ' V r- f " 5 "n 1 WUliam T. Sinclair, a colored steward, : V'W-a i "5i - - M waa one of the famous flgurea at the Cj-..Z - f ' . V 1 ' White House. He came to Washington 1 -7v'J i ' I In 1888 aa President aeveland'a valeV : . V " ' r .7-a , . . but he waa a good aU round servant, , iZ- 4 "l-l; ' U V' ' " and before the end of Mr. aeveland'a , " J ; Vf-f ' :" j Vi' -e j '. Brst term he waa promoted te the Y "" ; .- fV .uwanUhip. He entered te area , I . t ; ' J Presidenta, Cleveland, Harrisoa and i ' .' - ; "" UcKinley, and we have hia word for it 1 -1 . . ; j i, JLJ - tnat each had hia awn particular A little jaunt of ISO milee for piece of hU Aunt Delia Torrey-a apple pi. w., not IOO much for Present Taft to undertake . She v the-then Preaident .Merted. the best apple-pie baker in the . ' world . rWlTr JUSTICI TAFT whne Presl-dent Presl-dent traveled seventy-nve miles and back for a piece of his aunt's apple pie. It ia not known how much presidential presi-dential mileage Calvin. Coolidge would be willing to tear off for Just one good man-sized helping of a certain delectable delect-able kind of mayonnaise, but here's a feet that raises its hsad comfortably and auspiciously above the dignity of the new Administration t The White . House has another (antie a beautiful eld-fashioned sun tie nd the country's en the way te ae- ' - quiring another beloved national figure. Calvin Coolidge has his Aunt Mary jct a William Howard Taft had hia Aunt Delia Torrey. Aunt Delia became famous the length and breadth of the country because her nephew said she made the best apple pie In all the land. . And now Aunt Mary's nephew Cal" r doeen't mind acknowledging he'd pit ' Aunt Mary sgsinst all the fancy cooks eotaiae of kingdom come in the matter ef turning out a bowl of smooth, creamy, ' , yellow ' mayonnaise. Aunt Mary ia queen of mayonnaise Just as Aunt Delia , ' waa queea of apple pies. XTTHAT went into those pie tine waa Vl pastry destined to melt in your mouth, sugar and spice and the Juiciest apples that ever sunned themselves ia a ew England orchard, but, like hundreds hun-dreds of other less fsmous pies in the world, they were baked with ingredients ' that cannot be bought with aU the money there ie love and common sense. At the age of ninety-three Taft's Aunt ' Delia came to a beautiful sunset ef ' ' - li, but not before the then President bad glorified her and held up the gentle imprint she had mads in his life ia apeechea that spanned from coast te . coast. She was present In Cincinnati the night of his election. When be was finally convinced he waa elected, he stepped out of the temporary quarters ' built for telegraphers and went first te " the little gray-haired, bright-faced women, picked her a p in his arms, kissed fear and announced he believed she had a President for a nephew. President Coolidge lost no time in seeing his Aunt Mary after be waa shaken from hia sleep in a small ell-lighted ell-lighted Mew England farmhouse to get up and become President of the United States. She is Mrs. John Hasel and her home ia in Boston. In this new gentle figure that haa risen on the White Houae horizon we have en older woman especially espe-cially appealing, human and Interesting because President Coolidge has ne mother ef his own and Aunt Mary has always fussed ever him and tried te take the place of one. 'During the famous policemen's strike in Boston the Governor of Massachussetta would often run out to her home for a breathing spell and a little honest to goodness quiet philosophy. Bat Aunt Mary realized that, when a man's tired out and beset, nothing is so apt to cut hia cares in half aa a good tasty meaL Hot cream of tartar biscuits and her mayonnaisethose mayon-naisethose were the two items en the menu without which ao dinner .would ' have been complete. And when the Governor hurried off, like as not he would be carrying Under his arm a carefully care-fully tied Jar which was given to him with the instruction , not to hold It toe close te his clothes and to keep it top-aide top-aide up." Just as the former President loved apple pies, so this new President loves mayonns'se. Even Mrs. Coolidge, acknowledged one of the best cooks and housewives in New England, the President owns up cant turn out mayonnaise that's quite up te Aunt Mary's. - XT ERE, by the way, la the recipe. Both XA the President and Mrs. Coolidge, you can Imagine, recommend it highlys Cream one cap of tulttr ' rry lightly. Stir, emoathlp toaethor tho yettrs ef four esse, one tobUepoonfnl of muMtard and one ttoopoonful of soft. Add eery tlouly ens eup of eli'ee oil. . sad half a cup Umon juieo end vmo.. . par, pouring firtt tho oil, thon tho lemon and vateaar. Or use oil Umon 'fuieo and no vinegar; Aunt Mary gars 'the recipe te Mrs. .'. ) ether favorite dish of the Colonel waa troast beef, and with thia he liked York, shire pudding. Roosevelt waa a hearty eater. He ate three big meals a day and sometimes a snack from the refrigerator before he went te bed. rpHE late' President Harding did not I have to have any one bother very ' much about what he liked in all the wide range ef edibles. ' It was watermelon! Yet at that he had his specials; and Mrs. Prots, who cooked in the White House for the Hardlnga, once gave out recipea for a couple of dishes which ' she aaid never failed to send the platter back , empty. One of these was boiled and baked . beef tongue a la Harding. Three pounds of beef tongue, potatoes, raisins and 'chestnuts were the ingredients. Here's the recipe: 1 Soak the beef overnight In the morning morn-ing boll for an hour and a half. See that the tongue ia tender but not cooked to pieces. Prepare potatoes and cook them until tender and make into balls. Make a brown sauce with the Juice of the meat and add raisins and a few finely cboppc '. roasted nuts. In serving, place the meat in the center of a large platter with the potato balls around it. Pour the sauce over both meat and potatoes. Around the edge of the potatoes garnish with row of whole or half chestnuts and Sultana raisins and parsley. The other extra-special was: One pound of mushrooms; one-half pint ef cream; one and one-half table-spoonfuls table-spoonfuls of flour; a lump of butter. Peel mushrooms carefully and cook them ia v their own liquid until tender. Then add the cream and allow it to boil up several minutes. Thicken the mixture with flour and butter. Place the mushrooms In buttered ramekin and bake for about fifteen minutes with, a glass covering aver K. The mushrooms should be served oa warm buttered toast. Mr. Harding on the whole was a maa ef simple tastes te cook for,. but simple 1 ' - appetite or ne simple appetite, there were . busy times among the honored Aunt , Deliaa and Aunt Marys of America; there are high doings ia the White House ' ' . kitchen when the President announces he is hungry, ' " ' ..' ' t . Coolidge. It sounds simple enough and ia, but the knack's in the beating. , History may record the lives of the Presidenta by tariff issues, bonus bills, .and the way they leaned in the matter mat-ter of foreign debts, but the chefs and cooks in the White House tell the heads of our Nation apart by the boylike enthusiasms and idiosyncrasies of their appetites. Every President, of course, haa not had an Aunt Delia to go straight , to the spot with a big tempting apple pie, nor haa there frequently been aa Aunt Mary ia the effing te beat presidential presi-dential mayonnaise lovingly until her arm ached if such sacrifice be reqnired. Always, however, there haa been some doting Jiani in the kitchen of the White Houae. . - William T. Sinclair, a colored steward, was one of the famous flgurea at the White House. - He came to Washington in 1885 as President Cleveland's valet, but he waa a good all round servant, and before the end ef Mr. Cleveland's first term he waa promoted te the stewardship. He catered te area Presidents, Cleveland, Harrisoa and McKinley, and we have hia word for it that each had hia own particular dishes warranted to bring a sparkle te the eye and to send a word of praise back into the kitchen, Preaident Qeve- The t-uat Lady of the Land follows Aunt Mary a recipe tor tnayonnaiae, which the President believes haa never been nor can be improved on CkerrttM. ttre. sv rekOe teems Cseisur . . |